Metroid Prime Expansion Guide

Metroid Prime
Expansion Guide
Version: Final
Written By: lordevil (Shane N.)
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................[mp_intro]
2. Expansion Guide..............................................[mp_expguide]
2.1. Energy Tank Locations......................................[mp_etl]
2.2. Missile Expansion Locations................................[mp_mel]
2.3. Power Bomb Expansion Locations.............................[mp_pbel]
3. Credits......................................................[mp_cred]
4. Conclusion...................................................[mp_conc]
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1. Introduction...............................................[mp_intro]
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Hello and welcome to my Expansion Guide for Metroid Prime. Please
keep in mind that this guide is specifically for those who are looking
for the Expansions, not trying to beat that boss that is blocking your
way or get past that puzzle. So, if you're looking for something like
that, go back and click on one of the FAQ/Walkthrough ones. However,
if you are looking for how to get those last few Misses and Energy
Tanks before you fight Metroid Prime, you're in luck! Well, I suppose
I shouldn't talk much more, so let's get started!
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2. Expansion Guide.........................................[mp_expguide]
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Okay, we shall get started now, I guess.
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2.1. Energy Tank Locations......................................[mp_etl]
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1. Energy Tank # 1
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Transport Access North
How To Get: Fire a Missile at the Blast Shield after the battle against
the Hive Mecha and Ram War Wasps.
2. Energy Tank # 2
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Furnace
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs to power the generators in the
Energy Core and follow the tunnel to the Furnace.
3. Energy Tank # 3
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Main Plaza
How To Get: Follow the passage from the Vault towards the Main Plaza
to acquire the Energy Tank on the out-of-reach ledge.
4. Energy Tank # 4
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Transport Access A
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs in triplicate to burst yourself
up vertically through the maze. Start over the metal black just above
the lava and move left with each triple jump. This one is hard to get,
so be careful and have plenty of energy and patience.
5. Energy Tank # 5
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Ruined Courtyard
How To Get: Raise the water and hop across the icebergs to platform
below the Save Station entrance and then Morph Ball into the pipe.
6. Energy Tank # 6
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Research Lab Aether
How To Get: Use a Missile to destroy the stasis tank on the lower
level. Nope, no catches, help yourself.:)
7. Energy Tank # 7
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Magmoor Workstation
How To Get: Complete the lava cooling process to gain entry to
the northern channel.
8. Energy Tank # 8
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Hall of the Elders
How To Get: Use the Ice Beam to rotate the floor and let the
statue roll you into the tunnel.
9. Energy Tank # 9
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma
How To Get: Use a Super Missile to blow up the steel gate when
you enter the room.
10. Energy Tank # 10
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Hydro Access Tunnel
How To Get: Use three Morph Ball Bombs to reach the top of the
tall narrow passage in the vertical maze. Drop bombs right
before you start to float back down.
11. Energy Tank # 11
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Ventilation Shaft
How To Get: Use a Power Bomb to blow a hole in the floor and
roll under the grates to the other side of the fans. Scan the
terminal to evacuate the gas and to get the Energy Tank.
12. Energy Tank # 12
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Training Chamber
How To Get: Defeat the Chozo Ghost and use the half-pipe to
reach a slot high on the wall. Ride the piston to the magnetic
track and use the Spider Ball to get into the secret room.
13. Energy Tank # 13
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Processing Center Access
How To Get: Grab the Energy Tank on the way through the corridor.
The easiest one in the game.
14. Energy Tank # 14
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Transport Access
How To Get: Use the Plasma Beam to melt the ice to get the Energy
Tank from the hollowed snow bank.
That concludes the Energy Tank section. Onto the longest section,
the Missile Expansion section.
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2.2. Missile Expansion Locations................................[mp_mel]
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1. Missile Expansion # 1
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Gallery
How To Get: Use a Missile to blast through the fractured Brinstone wall.
2. Missile Expansion # 2
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Watery Hall Access
How To Get: Use a Missile to blast through the crumbled wall.
3. Missile Expansion # 3
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Burn Dome
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs to blast through a small brick
arch near the floor.
4. Missile Expansion # 4
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Dynamo
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs to enter the corridor in the
Watery Hall and use a Missile to blast the gate in Dynamo.
5. Missile Expansion # 5
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Nursery
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs to work your way through the
channel maze in the wall to the end.
6. Missile Expansion # 6
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Gallery
How To Get: Use a Morph Ball Bomb to hop into the semi-circular
tunnel in the wall.
7. Missile Expansion # 7
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Shrine
How To Get: Use a Moprh Ball Bomb to enter a brick-covered tunnel
near the floor.
8. Missile Expansion # 8
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Vault
How To Get: Use your Morph Ball Bombs to enter the three circular
slots--the upper slot requires a triple bomb jump. Use Bombs
within the slots to turn the locks.
9. Missile Expansion # 9
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Storage Cavern
How To Get: Roll under the metal grates in the Triclops Pit to
the back corner.
10. Missile Expansion # 10
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Fiery Shores
How To Get: Use Morph Ball Bombs to navigate the maze on the
side of the cave.
11. Missile Expansion # 11
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Transport Tunnel B
How To Get: Drop down off of the rock ledge and walk through
the gas under the bridge.
12. Missile Expansion # 12
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Landing Site
How To Get: Roll into your Morph Ball and go under the cliffs
behind your Gunship.
13. Missile Expansion # 13
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Research Lab Hydra
How To Get: Use a Super Missile to smash the Cordite stasis
tank on the upper level.
14. Missile Expansion # 14
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Research Lab Aether
How To Get: Space Jump onto the platform right below the
upper balcony and roll along the narrow track to an alcove
in the wall.
15. Missile Expansion # 15
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Main Plaza
How To Get: Ride up the half-pipe to a tiny ledge under
the tree bridge.
16. Missile Expansion # 16
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Main Plaza
How To Get: Locate the large, diseased tree and fire a
Super Missile at it just above the knot for this Expansion.
17. Missile Expansion # 17
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Gathering Hall
How To Get: Leap onto the platform above the Energy Core
entrance and use the Morph Ball Bombs to blow up the gate.
18. Missile Expansion # 18
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Crossway
How To Get: Use the half-pipe to reach some Morph Ball
Slots. Roll onto the piston and get a ride up to a secret
ledge.
19. Missile Expansion # 19
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Overgrown Cavern
How To Get: Clear a path through the Venom Weed and tada!
20. Missile Expansion # 20
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Frigate Crash Site
How To Get: Dive into the water and look for the alcove in
the rocks in the center of the lake. This Expansion awaits
your arrival there.
21. Missile Expansion # 21
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Biohazard Containment
How To Get: Use a Super Missile to detonate the Cordite door
where Aqua Drones attack.
22. Missile Expansion # 22
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Main Quarry
How To Get: Activate the power to the crane and Spider Ball
across to the Missile Expansion when the crane slams the rocks.
23. Missile Expansion # 23
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Elite Research
How To Get: Rotate the Pulse Beam Cannon into the pistons to
the left of its starting point and have it blast the rocks there.
24. Missile Expansion # 24
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Elite Control Access
How To Get: Detonate the explosive crate on the ledge to blow
open the grating.
25. Missile Expansion # 25
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Lift Grove Tunnel
How To Get: Use your Boost Ball to gain enough speed to reach
the top of the loop. Use a Morph Ball Bomb to blow a hole in
the rocks at the top of the loop. Inside lies a Missile Expansion.
26. Missile Expansion # 26
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Great Tree Chamber
How To Get: Use your X-Ray Visor to see invisible platforms
that lead up to a doorway in the Great Tree Hall.
27. Missile Expansion # 27
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Triclops Pit
How To Get: Use your X-Ray Visor to see some invisible
platforms. Follow them to a rock spire with a Missile
Expansion within and blow it apart with a Super Missile.
28. Missile Expansion # 28
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Shrine
How To Get: Ride up the half-pipe on the right and roll
through the small tunnel.
29. Missile Expansion # 29
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Ruined Fountain
How To Get: Let the fountain spray you up to a Spider
Ball track overhead while you are in Morph Ball form.
30. Missile Expansion # 30
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Training Chamber Access
How To Get: Roll through the hidden pipe behind a tree
growing in the corner.
31. Missile Expansion # 31
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Main Plaza
How To Get: Exit the Piston Tunnel and use the Grapple
Beam to reach the far ledge.
32. Missile Expansion # 32
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Watery Hall
How To Get: Dive into the water and swim through the
tunnel in the back of the room to reach a hidden chamber.
Within lies the next Missile Expansion.
33. Missile Expansion # 33
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Dynamo
How To Get: Use the Spider Ball to climb up the vertical
shaft above the generator.
34. Missile Expansion # 34
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Furnace
How To Get: Use your X-Ray Visor and a Power Bomb to blow
up the floor to reveal a half-pipe. Use it to get to a
Spider Ball Track and carefully navigate the ceiling maze
while watching shadow to cross the room on the pipes.
(Kind of hard, so be sure to have a lot of energy and
patience!)
35. Missile Expansion # 35
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Security Access A
How To Get: Use a Power Bomb to blow through the cracked
metal in the corner of the tunnel.
36. Missile Expansion # 36
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Metroid Quarantine A
How To Get: Use the X-Ray Visor to navigate the invisible
maze across the magnetic track bridge and through the
invisible cave.
37. Missile Expansion # 37
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Fungal Hall Access
How To Get: Drop to the bottom of the vertical shaft and
roll under the large mushroom to grab a Missile Expansion.
Do this quickly to avoid damage.
38. Missile Expansion # 38
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Fungal Hall B
How To Get: Use the X-Ray Visor and the Thermal Visor to
locate the Missile Expansion below the red door leading out.
39. Missile Expansion # 39
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Metroid Quarantine B
How To Get: Use a Super Missile to destroy the Cordite stasis
tank across from the Save Station.
40. Missile Expansion # 40
World: Phazon Mines
Room Name: Phazon Processing Center
How To Get: Locate some invisible platforms near the middle
level with the X-Ray Visor and jump across to the ledge with
the crates. Use a Power Bomb to blow through the brick wall.
41. Missile Expansion # 41
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Quaratine Monitor
How To Get: Use your Spider Ball and Grapple Beam to reach
the ledge across from the main entrance in the Quarantine
Cave. Roll through the pipe to a secret room.
42. Missile Expansion # 42
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Gravity Chamber
How To Get: Melt the large icicles with the Plasma Beam and
Grapple onto the ledge with the Missile Expansion.
43. Missile Expansion # 43
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Frost Cave
How To Get: Grapple to the far ledge and shoot the
stalactite with a Missile to break through the frozen
lake.
44. Missile Expansion # 44
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Ice Ruins East
How To Get: Use the Spider Ball to enter a hidden
alcove high above the ruins.
45. Missile Expansion # 45
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Ice Ruins East
How To Get: Melt the ice near the doorway to find a
Missile Expansion in the hidden cave.
46. Missile Expansion # 46
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Phendrana Shorelines
How To Get: Melt the ice behind a rock spire near the
lake. On the same side of the lake as the Save Station.
47. Missile Expansion # 47
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Phendrana Shorelines
How To Get: Use a Super Missile to destroy the Cordite
statue over the temple entrance and scan the panel behind
it. use the Spider Ball to reach the top of the tower that
is revealed.
48. Missile Expansion # 48
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Root Cave
How To Get: Use the X-Ray Visor to scale the cave on the
invisible platforms to the very top. Look for the Missile
Expansion behind some plants.
49. Missile Expansion # 49
World: Tallon Overworld
Room Name: Arbor Chamber
How To Get: Use the X-Ray Visor to climb to the top of the
Root Cave on the invisible platforms. Use the Plasma Beam
to open the door at the top.
Whew, that was a LOT of typing. Now, onto the shortest
section, Power Bomb Expansions!
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2.3. Power Bomb Expansion Locations............................[mp_pbel]
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1. Power Bomb Expansion # 1
World: Magmoor Caverns
Room Name: Warrior Shrine
How To Get: Use a Power Bomb to blow through the Bendezium cap on the
floor to enter the secret cave.
2. Power Bomb Expansion # 2
World: Chozo Ruins
Room Name: Magma Pool
How To Get: Use a Power Bomb to detonate the Bendenzium wall at the
back of the room.
3. Power Bomb Expansion # 3
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Security Cave
How To Get: Ascend to the very top of Phendrana's Edge and enter the
pipe in the snow.
4. Power Bomb Expansion # 4
World: Phendrana Drifts
Room Name: Ice Ruins West
How To Get: Melt the ice atop the structure and drop through the hole
to the inside.
All right, that is it for the Expansions. Now, onto the credits for
this walkthrough and then the ending.
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3. Credits.....................................................[mp_cred]
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Credits for this Walkthrough
Executive Producer: lordevil
Producer: lordevil
Co-Producer: Rob Zombie(Neoseeker User)
Writer: lordevil
Expansion Locations: lordevil and Rob Zombie(Neoseeker User)
Special Thanks to: Rob Zombie(Neoseeker User), Nintendo and Retro Game
Studios for making this game
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4. Conclusion..................................................[mp_conc]
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Well, that about raps it up, folks. If you liked this walkthrough,
you can check out my other walkthrough for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
for Game Boy Advance on Neoseeker. I hope this walkthrough helped you.
If you have any questions or comments send me an e-mail at
master_chief33@hotmail.com and I will be happy to reply.:) And if you send
me any viruses, I will hunt you down and kill you! Well, have a nice day
and I'll see you next mission!

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